diff --git a/package/dummy/Config.in b/package/dummy/Config.in
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-config BR2_PACKAGE_DUMMY
-	bool "dummy"
-	help
-	  This is a dummy package to show how to integrate a new package into
-	  Buildroot. The syntax for this file is the default kbuild from the
-	  Linux kernel, more information at
-	  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=tree;f=Documentation/kbuild
diff --git a/package/dummy/dummy.mk b/package/dummy/dummy.mk
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-#############################################################
-#
-# dummy
-#
-#############################################################
-
-# Current version, use the latest unless there are any known issues.
-DUMMY_VERSION=1.2.3
-# The filename of the package to download.
-DUMMY_SOURCE=dummy-$(DUMMY_VERSION).tar.bz2
-# The site and path to where the source packages are.
-DUMMY_SITE=http://www.example.net/dummy/source
-# The directory which the source package is extracted to.
-DUMMY_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/dummy-$(DUMMY_VERSION)
-# Which decompression to use, BZCAT or ZCAT.
-DUMMY_CAT:=$(BZCAT)
-# Target binary for the package.
-DUMMY_BINARY:=dummy
-# Not really needed, but often handy define.
-DUMMY_TARGET_BINARY:=usr/bin/$(DUMMY_BINARY)
-
-# The download rule. Main purpose is to download the source package.
-$(DL_DIR)/$(DUMMY_SOURCE):
-	$(call DOWNLOAD,$(DUMMY_SITE),$(DUMMY_SOURCE))
-
-# The unpacking rule. Main purpose is to extract the source package, apply any
-# patches and update config.guess and config.sub.
-$(DUMMY_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(DUMMY_SOURCE)
-	$(DUMMY_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(DUMMY_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
-	toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(DUMMY_DIR) package/dummy/ dummy-$(DUMMY_VERSION)-\*.patch\*
-	$(CONFIG_UPDATE) $(DUMMY_DIR)
-	touch $@
-
-# The configure rule. Main purpose is to get the package ready for compilation,
-# usually by running the configure script with different kinds of options
-# specified.
-$(DUMMY_DIR)/.configured: $(DUMMY_DIR)/.unpacked
-	(cd $(DUMMY_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
-		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) \
-		./configure $(QUIET) \
-		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-		--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-		--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
-		--prefix=/usr \
-		--sysconfdir=/etc \
-		$(DISABLE_NLS) \
-		$(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
-	)
-	touch $@
-
-$(DUMMY_DIR)/$(DUMMY_BINARY): $(DUMMY_DIR)/.configured
-	$(MAKE) -C $(DUMMY_DIR)
-
-# The installing rule. Main purpose is to install the binary into the target
-# root directory and make sure it is stripped from debug symbols to reduce the
-# space requirements to a minimum.
-#
-# Only the files needed to run the application should be installed to the
-# target root directory, to not waste valuable flash space.
-$(TARGET_DIR)/$(DUMMY_TARGET_BINARY): $(DUMMY_DIR)/$(DUMMY_BINARY)
-	cp -dpf $(DUMMY_DIR)/dummy $@
-	$(STRIPCMD) --strip-unneeded $@
-
-# Main rule which shows which other packages must be installed before the dummy
-# package is installed. This to ensure that all depending libraries are
-# installed.
-dummy: $(TARGET_DIR)/$(DUMMY_TARGET_BINARY)
-
-# Source download rule. Main purpose to download the source package. Since some
-# people would like to work offline, it is mandotory to implement a rule which
-# downloads everything this package needs.
-dummy-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(DUMMY_SOURCE)
-
-# Clean rule. Main purpose is to clean the build directory, thus forcing a new
-# rebuild the next time Buildroot is made.
-dummy-clean:
-	-$(MAKE) -C $(DUMMY_DIR) clean
-
-# Directory clean rule. Main purpose is to remove the build directory, forcing
-# a new extraction, patching and rebuild the next time Buildroot is made.
-dummy-dirclean:
-	rm -rf $(DUMMY_DIR)
-
-#############################################################
-#
-# Toplevel Makefile options
-#
-#############################################################
-# This is how the dummy package is added to the list of rules to build.
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DUMMY),y)
-TARGETS+=dummy
-endif